Dragon's Brew

Chapter 42 

Zarracen was pretty much useless. She knew next to nothing about alchemy. So, Annitta taking forever to figure out the ingredients dampened her spirits just a bit. She wanted to be able to quickly solve the issue and round up the troublemakers. It's not a too noble desire.

Simply, more merits for her would lead to greater rewards down the line. More than that she now fielded questions on the daily about Reynard. She avoided them of course save for the short Exl consumption explanation. Seeing the looks on the disgust on her soldiers faces made her feel a twinge of guilt.

Reynard was a victim of the situation. Yes, he should have asked more questions in regards to the pill he took. However, it was given to him by someone he trusted. Zarracen hated it. The idea of someone trusting another so much like that was unsettling of an idea to her.